Medicine package



March 7; 1933. E KIPPE 1,900,606

MEDICINE PACKAGE Filed Feb. 1'7, 1952 INVENTOR EH/ALD MPPER BY WWWATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 7, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE" EWALDKIPPEB, OF BRAGKWEDE, GERMANY MEDICINE PACKAGE Application filedFebruary 17, 1932. Serial No. 593,489.

This invention relates to medicine packages and has for an object theprovision of a package for medicine tablets which may be carried by theuser and which will protect the contained medicine tablets againstbreakage and maintain them a sanitary condi tion.

To these endsit is a feature of the invention that provision is made ofa tray having several distinct compartments for individually receivingthe medicine tablets, a sheath substantially fitting the tray forkeeping the tablets clean, and a protective box or casingsubstantiallyfitting the sheathed tray for pre- 5 venting the crushing of thetablets.

cation Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the metallic box inclosed condition;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the box opened;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the sheath with the closure fiap open;Figure 4 is a perspective view of the tray; Figure 5 is a transversesectional view through the box and the contained sheath and tray ofFigure 1; and

Figure 6 is a perspective view of a'medicine tablet of the size andshape for which the -tray is designed.

The tray 1, shown in Figures 4 and 5, consists of a rectangular slab 20fcardboard having substantially the thickness of one of the tablets whichthe tray is designed to receive. The slab 2 has a number of openings 4punched through it, these openings being of just a. little larger sizethan the tablets 3. A sheet of paper 5is adhesively' securedto the'lowerface of the slab 2 and covers the lower ends of the openings 4 so thatthe tray provides a series of recesses or compartments in which thetablets are individually received and supported.

The tray 1 is slidingly receivedin a sheath or envelope 6 which is bestillustrated in Figure 3. r The sheath is made to fit the tray snuglyenough so that the tablets cannot be dislodged from the compartments ofthe tray when the tray is contained by the sheath. The

sheath comprises a front 7, a closure flap 8 forming a prolongation ofthe front, and a back 9 having a slot 10 formed therein for reception ofthe closure flap as illustrated in Figure 2. The closure flap8 istapered so that it may be conveniently inserted and contained in theslot 10. The front 7 is provided with side flaps 11 which are folded inand lie beneath the margins of the back 9 and which are adhesivelyunited to said margins.

The sheathed tray is received in a flat metallic box 12 which comprisesa body member 13 and a cover member 14, these members beinghingedlyconnected at 15. The body member 13- i ncludes a bottom portion 16having side flanges 17 thereon. At the end of the bottom portion remotefrom the hinge 15, the body member is doubled back to provide a roundedend and to provide a top portion 18 that extends a short distance towardthe hinge. The top portion 18 is provided with side flanges 19 whichmeet the side flanges 17 of the bottom portion 16. The top and bottomportions combine to form a pocket at one end of the box for-receivingthe sheathed tray.

The cover member 14 includes'abody portion 20 and side flanges 21. Theside flanges 21 are adapted to meet the flanges '17 and extend farenough to stand in end to end relation with the flanges 19 when the boxis closed. Beyond the ends of the flanges 21 the body portion 20 of thecover member 14 is tapered in width and terminates in a spring catchmember 22 which is adapted to snap over the rounded end of the bodymember 13.

It will be noted that the tray and sheath preserve the tablets againstsubstantial movement so that they, do not come in contact with oneanother and can have no extensive free movement subjecting them to breakage when the package is shaken. The sheathfurther serves to preventaccidental loss of acts to guard the tablets against exposure dirt. Themetallic box acts as an armor sheath to prevent crushing of the tabletsfrom without. The tray is preferably designed to hold a number oftablets constitutin a daily dose of the medicine, and the sheet ed trayforms a suitable refill package for the purp I- have described what Ibelieve to be the best embodiment of my invention. I do not wish,however, to be confined to the embodi ment shown but what I desire tocover by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims.

Iclaim: 1. A package for medicine tablets, comprising a substantiallyrectangular flat box,

the top of said box being comprised of a rela tively long open portionand a relatively short closed portion, said box being provided with ahinged lid substantially covering said top portion and being providedwith a snap fastening element for engaging the end of the box oppositethe hinge of the lid, and a rectangular sanitary sheath having a flapsubstantially fitting within the box, located there in. such fashionthat the flap closure is adjacent to the hinge and exposed for immediatemanipulation of the said-flap after the main cover is open. 7

2. A package for medicine tablets, comprising a substantiallyrectangular flat box, the top of said -box being comprised of arelatively 'long open portion and a relatively short closed portion,said box being provided with a hinged lid substantially covering saidtop, portion and being provided with a snap fastening element forengaging the end of the box oppositethe hinge of the lid and 9. rec-'tangular sanitary'sheath having a. flap sub-- stantially fitting withinthe box, located there in such fashion that the flap closure is adjacentto the hinge and exposed for immediate manipulation of the said flapafter the main cover is open, and a tray within said sheath, said traycomprising a slab having a number of openings punched therethrough, anda sheet of paper adhesively connected to the' lower face of the slab andforming with the slab a plurality of open faced receptacles to receivemedicinal tablets.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature to this specification.

Q EWALD KIPPER.

